Package for pens or the like.



No. 655,894. .I Patented Aug. I4, |900.

r. H. BunnsALL.

PACKAGE FUR PENS 0R THE LIKE. (Application med my se, moo.)

(No Model.)

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Nrrnn STATES PATENT. FFIYCE.

FRANK H. `nUR'osALL, on OAMDEN, NnwJnRsnY.

PACKAGE FOR PENS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o.` 655,894, dated August 14, 1900.

Application filed May 28, 1900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. BURDsALL, of Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and Tuseful Improvements in Packages for Pens "a package which may remain sealed until opened by the purchaser, and thus indicate whether or not it has been tampered with, and which package when opened by the purchaser shall present a neat appearance and be adapted for continued use until its contents are exhausted.

To the ends aforesaid my invention consists of a rectangular box or casing open at one end and provided with a drawer in slidable relation therewith, together with means to prevent the drawer from being entirely withdrawn and certain frangible means by which the package is originally sealed intact, said sealing means being so constructed and arranged as not to interfere with the continued use of the package or to render the same unsightly when broken, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective View showing the under side of a package conveniently embodying myinven-` tion. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the package shown in Fig. 1, taken on the line A A, shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line B B, shown in Fig. 2.

In said figures, l is the outer rectangular casing or box, which is open at the end 2 and provided with a drawer 3, which is arranged to slide longitudinally within said casing, said drawer being provided with a protruding tab or handle 4. to conveniently effect its sliding movement. At the inner end of said drawer 3 and preferably at the bottom thereof is a stud 5, which is fixed with respect to the drawer conveniently by its bifurcated ends 6. Said stud 5 extends through the slot 7, which is longitudinally disposed in the casing l, and said stud is provided with a circular flanged Serial No. 18,202. (No model.)

head 8, which is wider than said slot and is arranged to slide upon the margins thereof. I prefer to construct said stud and its head and shank of a single'piece of metal to insure that said parts shall not be accidentally separated. Said stud is arranged as described to prevent the complete withdrawal of the drawer from the casing, and thus serves to facilitate the manipulation of the package, which may be opened and closed many times before its contents are exhausted.

In order that the purchaser may be assured that he receives my improved package in its original condition, I prefer to provide the same with a seal 9, which conveniently consists of an adhesive sheet or label of frangible fabric, such as thin paper. Said seal 9 is affixed by the manufacturer in the position shown in Fig. 1-Ythat is to say, it extends across the slot 7 in the path of the head 8 of the stud 5, and said seal being firmly secured to the margins of said slot any outward movementof the slide-drawer 3 serves to rupture that portion of the seal extending across said slot, and thereby indicate that the package has been tampered with. However, said seal does not prevent the opening of the package by the purchaser, nor do the adherent fragments of it in any wise interfere with the continued use of the package and manipulation of the drawer after the latter has been opened. j

I have described the stud and slot elements of my invention as being located in the under face of the package for the reason that I find it convenient to provide the other faces of the package with a label denoting the contents of the package, dac. It is obvious, however, that said slot-provided face may also be covered by a label exterior to said stud and seal.

I do not desire to broadly claim a slide drawer package, as such devices are wellknown in various arts. I believe it to be new, however, to provide a package having the combination of elements herein set forth, and therefore do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement thereof which I have shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications may-be made therein Without departing from the essential features of my invention.

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I claiin- Y l. In atelescopic box, the combination with an onter casing having a slot therein, ot' an inner drawer having a stud secured thereon, adapted to slide in said slot, and a frangible seal attached to the outer casing, across said slot, and adapted to prevent movement of said stud therein, substantially as set forth.

2. In a telescopic box, the combination with an outer casing having a slot therein, of an inner drawer fitted to slide in said casing, a stud adapted to slide in said slot, and comprising a circular lianged head overhanging the margins of said slot, and a bifurcated shank upon said stud in integral relation with said head, by which said stud is secured to said drawer, substantially as set forth.

3. In a-telescopic box, the combination with an outer casing having a slot therein, of an inner -drawer fitted to slide in said casing, a stud adapted t0 slide in said slot, and comprising a circular flanged head overhanging the margins of-said slot, a bifurcated shank upon said stud in integral relation with said head, loy which said stud is secured to said drawer, and a frangible seal consisting of an adhesive sheet or label attached to the outer casing, across said slot, and adapted to prevent movement of the stud therein, substantially as set forth.

FRANK ILBURDSALL.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR E. PAIGE, E. LFULLERTON. 

